Julian's Arts to Undermine and Extirpate Christianity Together with Answers to Constantius the Apostate and Jovian LEATHER

Johnson, Samuel [chaplain to Whig Peer Lord Russell]

Verlag: J D for the Author, London, 1689

Beschreibung

Prelims, Preface (xv pp.), 214 pp + errata slip, sm 8vo, quarter leather rebind with dark green sides, text clean throughout, owner sigs at top of part title and tp., allegedly a patristic biography of apostate Roman emperor who was resisted by Christian subjects but hinting at the right to resist again, with a clear eye on the Duke of York. Famous Whig tract. Author tried to suppress it after Russell's execution and the Rye House plot. He was later fined for seditious libel, and the book was burned by the public hangman! Then came William and Mary, and the situation changed. Size: Sm 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001131

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Julian's Arts to Undermine and Extirpate ...

Verlag: J D for the Author, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1689

Einband: Rebound in Leather

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Leather Case, No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.